Improvement in harness-buckles



C. LEE.

`Harness Buckles.

N0. 139,253. Patented May 2,l873n` AM PHaTo-u mos/emile ca M )c (assannfmacias) UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE..

CHARLES C. LEE, OF FALLS CHURCH, VIRGINIA.

IMPRQVEMENT IN HARNESS-BUCKLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 139,253, dated May 274,1873; application file February 13, 1871.

To all whom 'it may' concern:

Be it known that I, C. C. LEE, of Falls Church, in the county of Fairfaxand State of Virginia, have invented a new and useful Improvement inHarness-Buckles; and 1 do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing, in which- Figure is a perspective view of mybuckle. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section showing the i same attached andin operative position. Fig. 3 shows 1n end elevations the various sizesand proportions ofthe same.

This invention relates to that class of buckles known as rgid-tonguebuckles; and it consists in a bed-plate having a rigid loop Oat eitherend and a rigid and slightly conical projection at its center to formthe rigid tongue,

fthe whole to be constructed and attached in the manner hereinafter setforth.

That others may fully understand my invention, I will particularlydescribe it.

- A is the bed-plate formed with the solid and slightly conicalprojection B at its oenter. This projection forms the tongue. At eachend of the plate A are formed the loops C C, slightly exceeding inheight the tongue B, so that they may be molded and cast without cores,and with as much lateral breadth as will admit a strap of the desiredwidth. In Fig. 3 are shown in end elevations the `various standard sizesrequired for ordinary harness work, though, of course, any otherdimensions may be employed as required for any particular locality oruse. Four or any other required number of holes, a., are made throughthe bed A to admit the required number of rivets a', by means of whichthe buckle is secured to the leather straps or other surface to which itis to be attached. The strap E, designed to be adj usted by means of mybuckle,

is provided with holes, c, in the usual manner.

It is then passed through the loops C C, as

shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2,' and pulled,

through until the desired adjustment is secured, when the strap ispermitted to settle down and the tongue B to penetrate one of the holes,as shown in Fig. 2. To loosen or shift the strap, it is only required toraise that part between the loops C until it is clear ofthe tongue B.The strap may then be pulled through the loops until the requiredadjustment is obtained. The rivets a. a secure the bed-plate of thebuckle directly to the strap, so that there is no necessity that saidstrap should be folded back over the buckle andv CHARLES C. LEE.

Witnesses:

R. D. 0. SMITH,

Cms. A. HARKNEss.

